FUKUSHIMA, Japan—Here, in the course of three weeks at the height of winter, I visited the area where the earthquake struck, the coast where the tsunami hit, the nuclear plant where the “accident” occurred, all in a prefecture that still grapples with the memory of a disaster that happened 15 years ago. For those of...
Author: Gideon Lasco
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‘Sisa’: On madness and other forms of resistance
Because of the many scars of our past, any retelling of Philippine history is bound to carry a certain lugubriousness for those who are heirs to this history. Sisa, directed by Jun Robles Lana, is no exception. This was especially true for me as I watched the film just a day after the passing of...